text: For his accomplishments, Lecoq de Boisbaudran was awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honour (1876), 
  the Bordin Prize from the French Academy of Sciencies (1872), 
  the Davy Medal (1879)
  and the Prix Lacaze of 10,000 francs (1879). In 1888 he was elected a foreign member of the British Royal Society.